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Any author desirous of sharing his or
her work in order to provoke interest in it wants to be as generous as
possible with examples while at the same time holding in reserve more
than enough to make acquisition of the book from which they are drawn
seem almost a necessity to the reader who has been exposed to them.
These glimpses of the extraordinary life of Zinka Milanov are thus
calibrated to awaken the desire to know everything about her and a
general dissatisfaction with being left in a state of not knowing everything. The excerpts aren’t through-composed portions of the
book manuscript but have been adapted for this format, with no
indication given of the placement of omitted material. Check back from
time to time for changes. Meanwhile, please enjoy what’s here.